Activity Assistant Hcc Jobs

A Culture of Caring; a place where seniors choose to live and employees desire to work.

We are growing in the New Year! Join and work with us at our beautiful 50+ acre campus with state-of-the-art facilities. We have grown from a single nursing home to providing Skilled Nursing, Rehab & Wellness, Assisted Living, and Independent Living. We take pride in providing quality care by maintaining a low nurse-to-patient ratio. Our care and benefits for employees are unmatched by our competitors.

Our Leading advantages include:

• State-of-the-art Facilities
• Shift differential
• Low-cost lunches
• Free Membership to our gym and indoor pool
• Growth
• On-demand Pay
• Benefits begins after 30 days
• Work-life Balance
• Competitive Wages

The Activity Assistant is responsible for assisting the Life Enhancement Mentor with planning and executing resident activities and to provide leadership to the household in quality of life including various approaches as determined via individualized, person-centered care planning. To provide for recreation, social interaction and exercise supporting the psychosocial well-being to all residents.

MAJOR WORK ACTIVITIES:

• Place seasonal & special decorations throughout the facility that encourages awareness and interest and reflects the overall personality of the residents.
• Communicates and works closely with all disciplines (i.e. nursing, therapy, dietary etc.) to encourage and assist residents to participate in activities, as well as relaying any change of behavior, either cognitively or physically to nursing staff.
• Acts as a liaison across all disciplines in completion of the plan of care i.e. recreation, nursing, and nutrition.
• Communicates with the therapy department to continue plan of treatment after the resident has been discharged from therapy services, implementing and performing modalities.
• Complete all clinical chart documentation according to best practice at time of service rendered, prior to end of current shift and/or by “late entry” with date, time, e-signature or initials where appropriate.
• Assures regulatory compliance by completing and encouraging appropriate record keeping and documentation in households and by maintaining appropriate professional files in tandem with Household Coordinator.
• Assists Life Enhancement Mentor with organizing activities, completing monthly calendars, providing input/ideas for monthly newsletter, setting up and breaking down of activities.
• Assures that resident rights and responsibilities are honored and met, including the right to refuse or individualize treatment.
• Participates in event root cause analysis.
• Perform 1:1 interaction and in-room visits at least monthly.
• Provide programming for residents to maintain daily living functions, which include but are not limited to land exercise, aquatics exercise, functional maintenance programming, ambulating, feeding, contracture prevention, bowel and bladder, toileting, etc.
• Transports residents as needed to and from activities/houses.
• Participates in nutrition care planning in tandem with the Registered Dietician and Nutrition Guide
• Completes and facilitates, along with Household Coordinator, an individualized plan of care to best meet the needs of the resident.
• Organizes and completes activities in the household and ensures the activities in the household are in compliance with federal and state regulation and professional standards of practice while honoring the values of person-centered, resident-directed practices in tandem with Life Enhancement Mentor.
• Completes and facilitates daily documentation of the functional maintenance and communicates with nurses and household coordinator.
• Performs additional duties are required by the Household Coordinator or Life Enhancement mentor.
• Completion of all documentation required for RAI documentation with regards to psychosocial well-being, activity, and functional needs.
• Promotes and provides diverse opportunities for meaningful pursuits, daily pleasures, recreation, exercise, friendships, social interaction, growth, and learning, fun and enjoyment, personal routines, and household rituals.
• Promotes and provides wellness programming through exercise, recreation, social interaction, and awareness of daily pleasures.
• Attends resident care plans.

• Physical exertion required no more than 60% of the time. Physical exertion also is described as standing, stooping, kneeling and bending.
• Intermittent lifting and carrying of objects weighing between 30-40 pounds and pushing of objects weighing at least 100 pounds.
• May be exposed to noisy or busy environment or elements of weather, including heat, cold, and rain.
• Utilize the following equipment including but not limited to telephone, computer & printer, copier, fax, bus lift, fire extinguisher, kitchen appliances and electrical devices.
• Ability to perform mathematical functions
• Communicate via telephone and other automation vehicles.
• Visualize equipment and medical record forms.
• Ability to evaluate and appropriately respond to verbal and non-verbal communication from resident’s diverse stages of development, i.e. adults and geriatrics.
• Sufficiently mobile to push wheelchairs, carts and equipment.
• Low exposure to infectious disease.
• Experience in the use of patient/ resident care equipment.
• Exposure to peculiarities in behavior and reactions of the aged, including combative residents.
• Physical job demands may be subject to possible modifications to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
• Ability to effectively communicate with people.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education: High school diploma or equivalency is required.

Licensure/ Certification: CPR/First Aid preferred

Experience: Experience in geriatrics, recreation, or social administration and experience with dementia care preferred.

An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.

The Davis Community requires that all current and new employees be fully vaccinated (Covid-19 & Influenza) in order to work unless a reasonable accommodation is approved.

The Davis Community is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on, age, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or any other protected category. The Davis Community is dedicated to providing an accessible environment for all candidates during the application process and for employees during their employment. Please let us know if you need reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or participate in the application process. No question on this application is intended to secure information to be used for such discrimination. Proof of identity and work authorization will be required upon employment in accordance with federal regulations. This Company intends to check and hold you responsible for the accuracy of the statements you make on this application. This application will receive consideration for thirty (30) days. If you have not heard from the Company within thirty days and wish to receive further consideration for employment, it will be necessary to complete another application form.